Cairo, Egypt | AFP | The Islamic State group’s Egypt branch is the main suspect in Friday’s massacre at a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula, the latest attack in a long-running jihadist insurgency. It has yet to claim responsibility for the operation, which killed more than 300 people including children. …
Read More »Egypt mourns 235 victims of Sinai mosque attack
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egypt on Saturday mourned 235 worshippers killed in a gun and bomb assault on a mosque in the Sinai Peninsula, where warplanes struck militant hideouts in retaliation for the country’s deadliest attack in recent memory. Special prayers were planned nationwide a day after gunmen detonated …
Read More »Egypt president vows forceful response after mosque massacre
Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has vowed to respond forcefully after attackers killed at least 235 worshippers in a packed mosque in restive North Sinai province, the country’s deadliest attack in recent memory. Al-Sisi declared three days of mourning would begin Saturday, the day after …
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